Bariatric Surgery Leads To Better Sex For Women
Written by Jane Tucker | Monday, 28 June 2010 | There is 1 comment
a further incentive to lose weight 
As well as helping women to lose weight, new research shows that bariatric surgery could have a significant impact on boosting their sexual function. The new study involved a group of women with an average BMI of 45 who were questioned about sex before and after the operations Roux-en-Y gastric bypass or laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding.
From the data collected there were improvements in all the different aspects of female sexual function. The results which were measured using the Female Sexual Function Index noted improvements in sexual desire, sexual arousal, orgasm, lubrication and overall satisfaction as well as less reports of pain as a result of sexual intercourse. Overall there was a 30 percent decrease in women reporting female sexual dysfunction after having their surgery.
Professor Dale Bond from The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University who led the study explained that female sexual function improved “quickly and dramatically” after weight loss surgery irrelevant of the type of surgery they had. He said that it was obvious that the weight loss aspect has an impact in improving female sexual function and he said that more research should be done to find out exactly why this was the case.
He speculated that improved body image, the reduction of obesity related illnesses, female hormonal functioning and overall emotional health could all be contributing to the improved sexual satisfaction. In a sense it is pretty obvious that women suffering from severe obesity would be able to have better sex when losing weight not only because of physiological and psychological mechanisms but also because their reduced size would actually facilitate greater mobility and comfort in the bedroom.
This research which was announced at a conference of the American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) should give women a further incentive to lose weight other than the more obvious health benefits.
At present the only prescription medication authorised for sale in the United Kingdom to help women suffering from female sexual dysfunction is Intrinsa.
There is 1 comment on this article.
Susan said:
I have many friends who have had this op but it is not as good as it seams. I saw one friend (young 33) and I had not seen him for about three years, he was bent over and could hardly walk, his bones became so week he could not walk, he got the worst type of osteoporosis from not being able to eat enough nourishing food as he was never hungry and kept losing weight. I don't think this is the way to do it. Probably taking something for your apitite like reductil is better if you can find it, because it is being discussed at the moment so they have taken it off the market or now.
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